Native Mesoamerican Peoples - Antiquities, Latin America & the Caribbean - Antiquities, Mayas - History, General & Miscellaneous Mexican History, Pre-Columbian Art
Classic Maya Political History: Hieroglyphic and Archaeological Evidence
T. Patrick Culbert (Editor), Norman Hammond (Introduction), T. Patrick Culbert
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Overview
This volume is the first to present in detail the results of recent decipherment of Maya hieroglyphic writing and to consider the implications of a Classic Maya written history. Contributors examine the way in which the Maya elite created the kinship, alliance, warfare and ceremonial networks on which the civilization was founded.
Book Details
Published
December 1, 1996
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Pages
416
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780521564458